Air Tahiti Nui Offers Direct Service from Los Angeles to Auckland.Business Editors/Travel Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2003 Air Tahiti Nui Air Tahiti Nui is French Polynesia's flag carrier airline with its headquarters in Papeete, Tahiti. It operates international services for the low and high-end leisure travel markets. Its main base is Faa'a International Airport, Papeete[1]. , the International Flag Carrier of Tahiti and its exotic Polynesian Islands, now provides direct one-stop service to Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . The weekly service departs Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. on Wednesday evenings and arrives in Auckland on Fridays, after crossing the International Dateline just South and West of Papeete, the capitol of Tahiti and its islands. The carrier offers 2 weekly flights, on Fridays and Sundays, returning to Los Angeles, stopping briefly in Papeete enroute. On the return routing, because of the Dateline, the flights actually arrive in Los Angeles before they depart Auckland. "Air Tahiti Nui provides another option for passengers wishing to travel to New Zealand," said Wally Sumner, Air Tahiti Air Tahiti is a regional airline based in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Air Tahiti's network covers 46 islands within French Polynesia, plus the island of Rarotonga. Its main base is Faa'a International Airport, Papeete[1]. Nui's Vice President-North America. "In addition to our on-line service to Auckland, we offer connecting service to Sydney through a code-share agreement with Qantas Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. , Australia's principal carrier," Sumner added. He also noted that this agreement with Qantas Airways allows Air Tahiti Nui to offer special fares to Australia with the option of stopovers in Tahiti and New Zealand. Sumner pointed out that Air Tahiti Nui tour operator partners offer a variety of tour packages to New Zealand, some that include a stopover in Tahiti. Air Tahiti Nui has grown since its inauguration INAUGURATION. This word was applied by the Romans to the ceremony of dedicating some temple, or raising some man to the priesthood, after the augurs had been consulted. It was afterwards applied to the installation (q.v. of service in 1998 from just 3 weekly services from Los Angeles to Papeete to a summer schedule in 2003 which will offer 14 weekly flights to Papeete. Beginning in late October 2003, Sumner said that the airline plans to introduce a second weekly Los Angeles to Auckland service and will boost its northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. schedule pattern to 3 weekly Auckland - Los Angeles flights, offering yet a wider option of itineraries for travelers who wish to experience the beauty of Tahiti and its islands, and the South Pacific. To contact Air Tahiti Nui for more information about Tahiti, New Zealand or Australia, the public is invited to call the Reservations Center at (877) 824-4846 or visit the airline's web site at http://www.flyatn.com. |
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